What evidence can you find to support the use of seatbelts?

Question

I need some answers, i am doing a debate at school, Give me some winning answers

To do with velocity,,, speed,,, evidence like that,

Answer 1

check out the national highway traffic safety administration.

there are numerous studies and statistics about the use of seat belts.

Answer 2

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in children and young adults in the
United States. (National Assn. of School Nurses http://www.nasn.org/Portals/0/positions/2001psseatbelts.pdf ). It is estimated that seatbelts save approximately 10,000 lives per year. But it remains true that the majority of
deaths and serious injuries from automobile accidents are a result of people not wearing seatbelts. Id.

Child safety seats decrease the risk of fatal injury for infants and children aged one to four. Lap shoulder belts decrease the risk of fatal injuries in young children and older passengers in passenger cars and light trucks. Americans pay billions of dollars each year in injury-related costs for people who don’t wear seatbelts. Id.

Countries with higher seat belt usage, such as Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Australia, and Canada. have lower traffic fatality rates: for example, 9 out of 100,000 in Germany and less than 6 out of 100,000 in Great Britain die in traffic crashes; in the U.S., it's over 15 out of 100,000. (http://www.preventioninstitute.org/traffic_seatbelt.html)


According to traffic safety researchers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), seatbelts reduce a person's chances of dying in a crash by 45% and being injured by 50%. Seatbelts also prevent total ejections from a car during a crash, an important factor in preventing fatalities, since 75% of car occupants who are totally ejected during a crash are killed, according to NHTSA. Several independent studies have shown that seatbelts also reduce the severity of injury: the odds of serious injury for people not wearing seatbelts are 4 to 5 times greater than for people who are belted. In short, research has repeatedly demonstrated what is now widely known: seatbelts save lives and prevent injury. Id.


The other side will argue that (1) people should be free to do this; (2) and it is a victimless crime; and (3) people are injured by seat belts. With respect to one, talk about how the government restricts people's "freedoms" when it is in their best interest all the time: helmets, drug policy. With respect to 2, point out the financial costs on rebuttal associated with not wearing a seatbelt. With respect to the third point, improper use continues to be a serious problem, not proper use.

Answer 3

Well I don't think you need a study to tell you that seat belts save thousands of lives each year. But if you did need a study there are only about eighty-nine thousand of them.

Answer 4

there's millions of studies.. they do them all the time.. not to mention there are millions of car accidents, that support the use of seatbelts

Answer 5

depends....are you opposing the idea or for the idea?